smarty

smarty pants

1. One who obnoxiously and frequently attempts to assert perceived superiority in intelligence; a know-it-all. Don't be such a smarty pants. You don't know everything.
2. One who makes jokes and uses sarcasm in an attempt to seem witty, but instead is deemed annoying; a smart aleck. OK, smarty pants, are you going to help me, or just stand there mocking me all night?
See also: pant, smarty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smarty

n. a cocky person. (Also a term of address.) Well, if you’re such a smarty, why aren’t you rich?

smarty-pants

n. a cocky person; a smart aleck. Look, smarty-pants, let’s cut the clowning around.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • doesn't know beans
  • (I) can't say as I do(, can't say as I don't)
  • all in (one's) head
  • don't bet on it
  • don't give up the ship
  • don't cry before you are hurt
  • don't ask me
  • don't ask me!
  • don't give me that story
  • don't hand me that line
References in periodicals archive
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Recently, we saw Micromax launch the A30 Smarty 3.0.
Micromax's smarty smartphone has several useful features, but the only drawback is that the handset runs on the out-dated Android mobile OS v.2.3.5 Gingerbread.
Smarty is scared of cars and busy roads so would need to live in a quiet area.
Kentucky How the Past 10 Arkansas Derby Winners Have Fared at the Kentucky Derby 2008 GAYEGO 17th 2007 CURLIN 3rd 2006 LAWYER RON 12th 2005 AFLEET ALEX 3rd 2004 SMARTY JONES 1st 2003 SIR CHEROKEE DNR 2002 PRIVATE EMBLEM 14th 2001 BALTO STAR 14th 2000 GRAEME HALL 19th 1999 CERTAIN DNR (DNR--Did Not Run)
Winston, 42, who attends Dundee College, said: "I couldn't believe it when I opened the book and saw the Smarty Grandpa page.
'Smarty Pants is a business generation company responsible for identifying, planning and executing new business campaigns for clients, using a wide range of tools such as direct marketing, PR, and e-marketing.
Smarty Jones was well behaved and after being loaded last, broke well from his outside berth as Purge took up the early running.
However, the Nick Zito-trained Birdstone had made a huge move round the top bend under Edgar Prado and gradually he reeled in Smarty Jones to spoil the party.
HIS mother claimed the Grand National after three attempts and Mark Pitman will be hoping it's third time lucky for himself and his horse Smarty this year.
MARTELL Grand National hope Smarty continued his build up to the Aintree spectacular with a run over hurdles at Plumpton yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mark Pitman, trainer of last year's runner-up Smarty, has six horses in the line-up at this early stage.
GRAND National runner-up Smarty returns to the scene of his Herculean Aintree effort this afternoon.
Smarty (2.40), runner-up to Red Marauder in this year's Grand National is back for a taste of real thing again after Mark Pitman gave him warm-up win at lowly Plumpton.
BE a Smarty at Aintree today and follow the horses for courses theory in the Tote Becher Handicap Chase.